a drop / to drip

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is watering the stem (啇) of the tree in front of the space station (Ø1). The water is dripping (滴) out of her water bottle (氵).

滴 character breakdown

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
stem / foot / base / root

= + + : Dorothy Gale (di) bought a cloister (古) and wants to set it up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The package contained a vase (立), a stem (啇) and a manual showing how to combine the two items to get the cloister (a map 冂 in a metaphorical sense), but Dorothy has no idea how to set up her cloister.

Characters with 滴 as component

滴 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 滴

dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
whirling / spinning around and around / round and plump (e.g. of fruit)
to drip (e.g. medical drip feed)
every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
titer (chemistry, biology)
lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument)
not diluted by one drop / hundred percent

Sentences with 滴

滴 currently does not appear in any sentence.